Good luck to the internet world trying to define that. And no, I don't agree parking domain names should be imposed a fee. Except infringing someone's trademark rights and complying with my registrar's legal fine prints, I have a right to do anything with the domain names I registered and paid for as I please. I don't appreciate anyone dictating their "rights" over mine, especially if they can't demonstrate any legitimate enforceable ones.
Everyone is always talking about their "rights". Rights are completely arbitrary, and mean different things to different people. When you are bent on seeing things from your own perspective, your "rights" will always trump those of others. The domain, in my case, is a moniker. I am known by this name to many people within my niche. Yet, someone is squatting this name, for no real or implied benefit, other than to sell the name. So what do you say if I brand or trademark the moniker? Then does it make it "better" if I push the issue after I've done so? The law (in many countries) seems to favor the domain seeker, vs. the domain holder. Would that be a violation of your "rights"? I don't see it so much as a matter of "rights", as something that just hasn't been addressed. A "right" is something that you are guaranteed, almost as life, itself. I don't see that being the case here. This is something that could be easily corrected.
I agree with that. Now I know I have a right to do anything with the domain name as I please, just as others here have the right to demand I turn it over just because I am not "using it". But that's why I said one needs to be able to demonstrate any legitimate enforceable rights, based on what any applicable law allows. So far there are at least 2 that apply to domain names: trademark laws and that of your registrar's service agreement. Any other law is only applicable in in the country where it's enacted (e.g. Truth In Domain Names Act - US). Note also that domain names are results of your registrar's service agreement. Those service agreements indicate what your rights are, but they give very very few for 3rd parties. And one retains rights to the domain name as long as they continually renew their service agreement, their online contract, with their registrar. If I don't renew it on time, I lose all rights to the domain name no matter what I feel about it. While I know my rights are arbitrary, I've yet to know anyone in authority to indicate what other "rights" domain name registrants and 3rd parties have in regards to domain names they fancy on. Emphasis on the latter. By the way, securing a trademark for the domain name-sake is no assurance you'll be able to get the domain name you want. At least one party attempted that, but they got a reverse domain hijacking ruling against them. And let's not forget that CNO domain names, at the very least, are first-come first-served. Can't argue that.